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Record: MDI31B13NW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kilmarnock Quarry - 1989, G. Tackaberry and Sons Construction Co. Ltd. - 1989
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Producing Mine
Date Created 1991-Mar-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolostone



Location

Township or Area: Montague

Latitude: 44° 54' 7.15"    Longitude: -75° 54' 44.07"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 427979   Northing: 4972467    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31B13NW

Point Location Description: quarry symbol

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The quarry is located on Highway 43, 2 km northeast of Kilmarnock.



Exploration History

Operated intermittently by G. Tackaberry and Sons Construction.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolostone 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Sep 17, 2015 (A Wilson) - A 6.0 m deep quarry exposes fine-crystalline, medium-bedded dolostones of the Oxford Formation. Overburden around the quarry is approximately 1m thick.




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

References

Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume II -- Limestone Industries and Resources of Eastern and Northern Ontario

Publication Number: NSP002 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

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Mono - Limestone Industries of Ontario, Volume I -- Geology, Properties and Economics

Publication Number: NSP001 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Publisher Name: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, Engineering and Terrain Geology Section

Location:


Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Merrickville area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2494 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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